Album Review: Cher – Closer To The Truth (Track by Track) – CHART SHAKER nickbassett1981 Album Review: Cher – Closer To The Truth (Track by Track) Forget what you thought you knew. This week. This month. This year. It is and always has been all about the return of Cher. After a twelve year absence, Cherilyn Sarkisian is getting ready to release the TWENTY SIXTH (count ’em) studio album of her career, Closer To The Truth. The album is now available to stream in full via Amazon. The link is here . Below is a summary of my findings, as I delve in to Cher’s first full length release since 2001’s Living Proof. 1. WOMAN’S WORLD The album’s Paul Oakenfold-produced lead single is still enough to send every one of my hormonal impulses in to the stratosphere. Cher is no stranger to dancefloor stompers – her 1998 single Believe remains to this day the biggest selling UK single by a female solo artist of all time – but it is still pretty amazing that she can come back with an empowering banger that is as brilliant as this.

The video is here . 2. TAKE IT LIKE A MAN The one Cher that features Jake Shears. I had high hopes that it was going to be camper. Instead, it’s just another belter of a pop song that goes along the lines of: “Boy, if you want my heart, you gotta take it like a man…” Which I guess could become a pretty rad chat up line. 3. MY LOVE An uplifting ballad that builds and builds in to a euphoric, electronic anthem of a chorus where Cher sings: “You’re not alone ‘cos i’m from a place where you can belong. Some where you know you can run to. So if you need me to hold you, you can be my love…” This is one of my favourites. 4. DRESSED TO KILL Any discerning pop fan will have downloaded Preston from The Ordinary Boys’ debut solo single because it was very good. Cher vocodes it into eternity but gives the chorus some proper welly and it would make a very good follow up single to Woman’s World. 5. RED Red is the colour Cher sees when she thinks of that damned son of a gun who treated her badly. It’s also the title of this track in which Cher really vents.

Like a censored, musical version of a Cher tweet. Imagine it being sung in CAPS. Great chorus. It’s basically awesome. 6. LOVERS FOREVER This is the song that Cher wrote originally for the 1994 movie, Interview With A Vampire. “Surrender to me now” Cher demands with brooding menace, over an electronic, Eurovision-worthy dancefloor beat. 7. I WALK ALONE This is the first of two track on the album to have been co-written by Pink. Cher straddles a banjo beat and it’s from whence the album’s title came. With a nifty, foot-tappable chorus, she expresses her need to go it solo. “There’s a gypsy in me that keeps on roaming, and there’s an anger as I get closer to the truth…” 8. SIRENS A big early 90s Cher-style power ballad that reminds me a lot of I’ll Never Stop Loving You from her Love Hurts album. It’s the sound of Cher that reeled me in to her stupidly brilliant back catalogue as a lost teenager.

Strong, powerful vocals and lyrics that you can close your eyes and sing along to, whilst yearning for LOVE COMING THROUGH IN THE END. It was written and released a few years ago by New York singer songwriter Nell Bryden. 9. FAVOURITE SCARS Favorite Scars is a lovely song but it is probably my least favourite on the album. This is perhaps because it neither falls in to ballad or dancefloor territory, instead being a bit of a mid-tempo affair with some pleasant woo-oohs and whatnot. That said, you may be yearning for something that is catchy without the bombast and, if so, you’ll find brief respite here. 10. I HOPE YOU FIND IT Cher covers Miley Cyrus’ I Hope You Find It – another big ballad that was played on Ken Bruce’s Radio 2 show earlier today. It will be the next single and it’s ticks every box on the checklist of things you want from a big country-tinged ballad about letting go of the one you love and moving on… EMOTIONAL. 11. LIE TO ME Lie To Me is the second track on the album to be written by Pink and a final ballad.

It’s beautifully written and allows Cher to give a piercingly heart-aching tour de force of a vocal performance. It’s also the closer of the standard edition which is where our free stream comes to an end. I can’t comment on the deluxe edition tracks as I’ve not been privy to them although one is the Diane Warren-penned You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me which was edited for the soundtrack to Burlesque. We all know that one is a belter. So, to wrap it all up then… Front-weighted with brilliantly retro dancefloor anthems before giving way in its second half to more emotionally driven love songs, Closer To The Truth dispels the persistently annoying rumours that Cher relies on the vocoder to hide her vocal insecurities. Anyone who really knows her back catalogue will know that this has been a recent development in the grand context of her seven decade strong career. Yes, it’s there on those HI-NRG numbers but the powerful ballads hit their mark squarely on the head because they rely on a vocal that is, perhaps extraordinarily, still capable of evoking the same gut-wrenching emotion that she has done over the past fifty years. Cher is not just an ordinary pop star.

She’s no flash in the pan, either. She is one of the last few legendary icons in the industry left. And as long as she continues to cater to her legion of devoted fans by delivering utterly enjoyable collections of gems like this, long may her musical renaissance continue. Cher's New Album Release March 2013 Warner Bros has announced that Cher’s new album will be released late March 2013 September 25th 2013 called “ Closer To The Truth “. Fans would have expected an announcement by the diva herself but in typical fashion confirmation was made quietly by Livia Tortella, Warner Bros. Records Co-President/COO, on the red carpet at Billboard’s 2012 Women in Music event with no confirmation on Cher’s official website. Cher’s album will be among other new album’s from Josh Groban,Michael Buble, Goo Goo Dolls and Avenged Sevenfold. With the promotion of Woman’s World now coming to a holt, fans are left waiting and confused with no word on when the lead single will be released for airplay on radio and purchase on iTunes.

There are now question marks over whether Woman’s World will become the first single after mixed reviews, the single has received only 395,000 YouTube views since it was first unveiled, with momentum fading. Cher has described the album on twitter as “Eclectic! Lots of dance, but none [are] SAME KIND OF DANCE ! Have Big ass Choruses,Some HEART RIPPERS!” and mentioned it has the ability to be BIGGER than Believe. Hopefully with STRONG promotions and CLEAR communication this can happen because to date the promotional activity and hype has been rather limited. In other twitter news CHER has unleashed another political motivated rant against the War in Afghanistan “SOME IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & POLITICAL CRIMINALS IN AFGHANISTAN WILL HAVE MADE BILLIONS ON THE BODIES OF THESE SOLDIERS !”. “RANT,BUT I DONT CARE ! BRAVE AMERICANS R DYYING IN A COUNTRY WHOSE SOLDIERS KILL THEM !

ITS MORE THEN WE SHOULD TOLERATE !” It should be agreed that US and Coalition troops have made this world a safer place and should be congratulated for their efforts and bravery in what is a most complex and difficult situation. VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Cher: Believe - Music on Google Play 1 20 Pablo Kalach Believe #1song of the year 1999 Taking a cue from Madonna's ray of life??????? Pfffff, Believe was and always will be better and more successful than any madonna album!! That review was written by a retarded madonna fan I guess! Cheyenne Powless Another awesome Album This women, makes hit after hit, I could not imagine my life without hearing something by this great song writer. Christopher Blake Best album EVER! This has been my fav Cher album for quite some time...all the tracks rock. Her voice is beyond amazing...and "Believe" was my "coming out" song when I was just 13 in 98. Thank you, Cher for always making the best music! ♡ Gotta love Cher! Great karaoke songs.

Cher always songs her heart out and her song make you think you can too 😉 Joseph Tafur The legend of korra For people who do amv use believe to honor avatar korra for her strength she did in book 2 spirits. Believe makes a great song to honor avatar Korra Kimberly Caudell Full Review Cheyenne Powless April 25, 2016 Another awesome Album This women, makes hit after hit, I could not imagine my life without hearing something by this great song writer. Full Review Christopher Blake August 21, 2013 Best album EVER! This has been my fav Cher album for quite some time...all the tracks rock. Her voice is beyond amazing...and "Believe" was my "coming out" song when I was just 13 in 98. Thank you, Cher for always making the best music! ♡ Full Review August 14, 2014 Gotta love Cher! Great karaoke songs.

Cher always songs her heart out and her song make you think you can too 😉 Full Review Joseph Tafur November 19, 2013 The legend of korra For people who do amv use believe to honor avatar korra for her strength she did in book 2 spirits. Believe makes a great song to honor avatar Korra Kimberly Caudell April 29, 2016 Sound Poor sound quality. That's ashame. It's a really great song. Matthew Jones December 30, 2015 This is really good This song reminds me of a girl that I really can't get over. Full Review Daniel Madrid September 17, 2015 Cher The Best She's the best & my mom listens to Cher all the time when I was younger this was her song Andres De Leon March 27, 2013 Trash Stop making music Jody Ware December 14, 2014 Believe Seen her in concert this was one of her songs she sang Was awesome Vita Shaffer June 25, 2015 CHER- Believe The strength that CHER put into this CD is extremely powerful...love it!!!!

RAMSES OCHOA October 24, 2014 Amazing She's got such an incredible technical voice.... Great artist Antonne' Shepherd January 13, 2014 Love Cher Best Cher album since ''Cher'' and Gypsies, Tramps, Thieves. Lupe Ortiz June 9, 2013 Cher Excellent!!! Thanks so very much!!! Kathlyn Gonzales December 9, 2014 Believe Cher is and will always will be the icon now and forever . Full Review Adam K October 29, 2013 Great album but… Seen it in stores cheaper. Seen it regular price of 5 USD for it on CD. Del Aplin May 1, 2016 Nu ber 1 and 5 songs Jennifer Harris January 25, 2016 EVERY SONG ROCKS! lifewith Sebby May 6, 2014 It's not bad Believe is just brings memories to me. VM Lenz May 2, 2014 Believe Cher! Olian Byrd Jr.

May 26, 2014 Cher Album Records Raymond Rico August 9, 2015 Raymond Rico Raymondrico11 Mario Reyes November 12, 2014 Believe Bonita cancion Paula Chrisman Chrisma September 8, 2014 Cher All songs Kathy Hathaway March 1, 2015 Cher is a great singer and I love her song's Jeanne Tripp January 2, 2014 I'd like this for my ringtone The best song the briannapringle September 24, 2014 Cher Love love ❤ Mom's Life September 25, 2015 I love this album Love all songs from this albun Edwin Aguilera August 15, 2014 The Best! Cher is the only Goddess of Pop Lottie Garland October 18, 2014 Believe high energy way,now that's Cher D L Lucas July 10, 2014 LOVE ALL CHER'S MUSIC, MOVIES ETC. Marilyn Gentry December 12, 2014 Believe A lot of Cher's best songs.

Thong Nguyen January 21, 2016 Very good l love you and song Bobbie Jo Hollar October 24, 2014 Wonderful Singer Love her Voice! Brenda Mosher April 20, 2014 My favorite artist from way back when!! Cher Video Interview: The Icon on Pink, Gaga, Gay Rights & Her First Album in 12 Years « Radio.com Cher Video Interview: The Icon on Pink, Gaga, Gay Rights & Her First Album in 12 Years September 25, 2013 5:15 PM Filed Under: cher , interview , Lady Gaga , LGBT , Radio News Interview , u2 , Video Interview By Jillian Mapes In a release week dominated by a quintessentially millennial rapper, the ageless pop icon slips back into the fold with her first album in 12 years, Closer to the Truth. We could pile on a few statement pointing out the obvious regarding the changes in the musical landscape since 2001, when Cher released Living Proof, but we’ll spare you the navel-gazing and just say this: everything’s changed, but Cher does not have to.

As Cher reiterated a few times throughout our sit-down conversation (watch the video interview below), she doesn’t overthink her career. Hell, she said she forgot to make an album — that’s why it took her so long. She follows her heart and puts total faith in her collaborators, which this time around included fellow outspoken pop force Pink , Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears (on the campy-as-hell “Take It Like a Man”) and house music mainstay Paul Oakenfold (on lead single “Woman’s World” ). Pink co-wrote two of the album’s most dramatic tracks, which is really saying something considering this is Cher we’re talking about. The first, “I Walk Alone,” is the album’s so-called “country song,” thanks to its banjitar and foot-stomping beat. The second Pink track, “Lie To Me,” is the kind of sweeping-strings ballad that could live on adult contemporary radio for years to come, should Cher choose to release it as a single. “These songs, I just loved from five seconds into them,” Cher said of Pink’s contributions. “She’s just a great singer and she’s great songwriter – she’s the total package.

I understood them, and when you hear them, you’ll understand why I understood them. They’re so personal, but they work for both of us.” One song, however, that did not work for both parties involved was Cher’s Lady Gaga duet from 2011, “The Greatest Thing,” which leaked online in recent months after Gaga declined to use the track. When asked if she was disappointed by Gaga’s decision, Cher replied, “Oh God yeah!” ” “Because I like it,” she continued. “As an artist, you make the decision that you feel, and she doesn’t feel it. I totally understand. It’s not my choice. Music is here [points to her heart], and if she doesn’t feel it, she doesn’t feel it. But I have it to listen to!” “The Greatest Thing” apparently needed updating musically, and that’s part of why it wasn’t released. “That’s a weird one, but also it’s the first one I actually recorded [getting back into the studio to make Closer to the Truth],” Cher said. “I was very excited about it, and I think the music needed to be updated because we did it two years ago.

I think maybe that was a problem too, but she sounds great on it.” As for what did make the cut, Closer to the Truth alternates between over-the-top ballads and dance-floor bangers, with Cher oftentimes combining the two production-heavy pop forms. One example is “Lovers Forever,” a song Cher originally co-wrote with Shirley Eikhard for the 1994 film adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. “I thought it was cool that it didn’t work but now it does,” she explained. On the polar-opposite end sits “Sirens,” the tearjerker among tearjerkers on Closer to the Truth. She described the Nell Bryden cover, penned about 9/11, as “Cher does U2” and it’s undeniable; that guitar solo four minutes in sounds straight off All That You Can’t Leave Behind. It may very well be the least feel-good song Cher’s ever recorded. But Cher being Cher, she can soundtrack good times just as well as she can dramatic misdeeds.

Name me a gay dance club that hasn’t banged “Believe,” “Real Love” and “Strong Enough” late into the morning hours, patrons shimmying atop vodka-soaked banquettes. So naturally, we had to ask Cher for her thoughts on the Supreme Court’s overruling of DOMA earlier this year, which came just a few weeks before she served as the belle of NYC Pride Week. “The problem I have is that I cannot understand how it could have happened in the first place, it doesn’t make any sense to me,” she said. “I’m thrilled and delighted, but I’m so pissed that it happened in the first place. It doesn’t make sense in our country that one group of people get to do whatever they want to do, and then they make it impossible for another group in the same country — the same people — to do what they want to do, what they feel in their hearts.” And for Cher, remember, it’s all about the heart. Closer To The Truth - Cherworld.com - Cher Photos, Music, Tour & Tickets Closer To The Truth 1. Womans World Danny Verde Club 2. Womans World Tracy Young Remix 3.

IHYFI Funk Generation Mix OLD COVER ART NEW COVER ART “Woman’s World” is the lead single from Cher’s first studio album since 2001’s Living Proof, CLOSER TO THE TRUTH. While Cher was still in the process of finishing her new studio album, the “Woman’s World” leaked online when a DJ played a demo of the song at a Michigan club, Cher revealed on her Twitter page that she was upset about the leak. After the full version was later leaked Cher and Warner Bros Records decided to give the single an early release by releasing it on Cher’s official website. Cher said on twitter, “We thought we had time, but (‘Woman’s World’) started popping all over the world!”. On November 22, 2012 the “Woman’s World” was streamed online as a Thanksgiving present fans. The song has not yet been commercially released and Cher recently recorded the music video on January 22nd. “Woman’s World” has received critical acclaim with reviews like “full of striking synths and a relentlessly slamming beat” and “kinda awesome and kick-ass and pure Cher”.

Gregory Ellwood of HitFix called it “a catchy track that will certainly make her fans happy and could get some gay club play”. He gave the song a B+ and stated that he was “just thrilled she can still belt it out like the youngsters out there”. Keith Cauldfield from Billboard called it a “thumping dance single.” However, Michael Cragg from The Guardian gave it a more mixed review, stating “Woman’s World aims squarely for the EDM jugular but manages to sound horrendously dated, which might not be all that surprising given it was produced by Paul Oakenfold.” He compared it to the “cheap” and “cheerless” songs on Alexandra Burke’s album Heartbreak on Hold but stated that Cher’s vocals were “engaged.” The Closer To The Truth track listing is.. 1. Woman’s World 2. Take It Like A Man 3. My Love Week Ending Sept. 29, 2013. Albums: Drake, Cher Set Records Week Ending Sept. 29, 2013.

Albums: Drake, Cher Set Records Paul Grein Pin it Share Don’t tell Kanye West, but Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same, sold slightly more than twice as many copies as West's Yeezus sold (327K) when it debuted in June. Drake's 658K opening constitutes the fattest one-week total for a hip-hop album since Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV sold 964K in its first week in September 2011. That puts Drake's album ahead of not only Yeezus, but also Jay Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail (528K). Among all 2013 albums, Nothing Was The Same trails only Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which sold 968K copies when it debuted in March. Nothing Was The Same sold even more copies this week than Drake's last album, Take Care, which bowed with sales of 631K in November 2011 (when it was boosted by Thanksgiving sales).

Drake is one of only two artists who have released two albums since January 2010 that got off to 500K+ starts. The other is Taylor Swift, who towers over everybody with her fast starts for Speak Now (1,047,000) and Red (1,208,000). This is Drake's third album in a row to enter The Billboard 200 at #1. It follows Thank Me Later and Take Care. Drake, who will turn 27 on Oct. 24, was born in Toronto. Only one other Canadian artist has ever sold more copies of an album in one week than Drake did this week. That's Shania Twain, whose 2002 album Up! opened with sales of 874K copies. Nothing Was The Same is the fourth album so far this year to sell more than 500K copies in its first week. It follows the aforementioned Timberlake and Jay Z albums and Luke Bryan's Crash My Party (528K). This is the first year since 2007 that four albums debuted with sales of 500K in the first nine months of the year.

Nothing Was The Same is also #1 on Top Digital Albums. It sold 387K digital copies, which allows it to set a new one-week digital sales record for a hip-hop album. The old record was held by Tha Carter IV, which sold 362K digital copies in its first week. Twelve songs from the album enter Hot Digital Songs this week. Drake has the top six new entries on that chart and eight of the top 10 new entries. Drake's new album enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #2. That's Drake's highest ranking to date in the U.K. Kings of Leon’s sixth studio album, Mechanical Bull, debuts at #2. It’s the band’s second album in a row to debut at #2. Mechanical Bull enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #1. It's the band's fourth #1 in the U.K., following Because Of The Times, Only By The Night and Come Around Sundown. The Nashville-based rock band has yet to land a #1 in its home country.

Incidentally, previous top 10 albums with the word "bull" in their titles include Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' The Lonely Bull (#10 in 1966) and Cat Stevens' Catch Bull At Four (#1 in 1972). And that's no bull. Cher’s Closer To The Truth debuts at #3. It's her highest-charting solo album ever, surpassing Believe and The Very Best Of Cher, both of which peaked at #4. Sonny & Cher had one higher-charting album, Look At Us, which spent eight weeks at #2 in September and October 1965. (It spent that entire time behind the Beatles' Help! soundtrack.) This gives Cher top five albums spanning just over 48 years. (Look At Us moved into the top five on Sept. 4, 1965.) That sets a new record for a female artist. Barbra Streisand's top five albums span just under 48 years, from The Second Barbra Streisand Album in October 1963 to What Matters Most in September 2011.

Read More (Streisand still holds the record for the longest span of top 10 albums. Hers span more than 49 years, from The Barbra Streisand Album in July 1963 to Release Me in October 2012.) Closer To The Truth is Cher's first studio album since Living Proof , which was released in the U.S. in March 2002. That's the longest gap between studio albums in Cher's long career. Cher hasn't appeared on the Hot 100 since May 2002, when "Song For The Lonely" wound up a six-week stay. That's her longest absence from the chart since she began her career. Her previous longest shut-out was a little more than eight years, between "Hell On Wheels" in October 1979 and "I Found Someone" in November 1987. Will Cher's new "I Hope You Find It" end that shut-out? Place your bets. Elton John’s 31st studio album, The Diving Board, debuts at #4. It’s his 18th top 10 album.

He's one of only 10 artists in chart history to have amassed 18 or more top 10 albums. The only other male artists to have done so are Frank Sinatra (39), Elvis Presley (27), Bob Dylan (20), Paul McCartney (18) and George Strait (18). The Diving Board is Elton's second top 10 album in a little less than three years. The Union, a collabo with Leon Russell, reached #3 in October 2010. This marks the first time that Elton has had two top 10 albums within a three-year period since his 1971-1976 heyday. Elton sang "Home Again," a song from the album, on the Emmys on Sept. 22. Will the song crack the Hot 100? It would be Elton's first Hot 100 entry since July 2000, when "Someday Out Of The Blue (Theme From El Dorado)" wound up a 15-week stay. Again, place your bets.

This marks the first time that Cher and Elton have each had albums in the top 10 at the same time. Elton was a guest on a rather famous Cher TV special on Feb. 12, 1975. They performed "Bennie And The Jets" together. (Bette Midler and Flip Wilson were also guests on the show, which aired back when network TV specials constituted event television.) Luke Bryan's Crash My Party holds at #6 for the second week. In addition, it returns to #1 on Top Country Albums. This is its fifth week on top. That ties Blake Shelton's Based On A True Story… for the most weeks at #1 so far this year for an album by a male solo artist. Next week, it will become the sixth album to sell 1 million copies in 2013. Dream Theater's Dream Theater debuts at #7. It's the "progressive metal" band's 12th studio album; its third in a row to debut in the top 10. Metallica's Metallica: Through The Never debuts at #9. It's the band's ninth top 10 album.

The band first cracked the top 10 in October 1988 with …And Justice For All. The new album is the soundtrack to the band's IMAX concert feature film of the same name. ("Through The Never" is the title of a song on the band's 1991 album Metallica, which is the best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. music sales in 1991.) Metallica: Through The Never enters Top Soundtracks at #1, displacing Teen Beach Movie. It's the first soundtrack from a rock band's movie to top that chart since Pearl Jam Twenty in September 2011. Lorde's "Royals" holds at #1 for the second week on Hot Digital Songs (294K, the first time since June 2 that the #1 seller has sold fewer than 300K.) Will "Royals" also move up to #1 on the Hot 100, dethroning Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball"? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs. Here’s the low-down on this week’s top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Drake's Nothing Was The Same debuts at #1 (658K). It's his fourth top 10 album or EP… Kings of Leon’s Mechanical Bull debuts at #2 (110K). It's the group's third top 10 album…Cher’s Closer To The Truth debuts at #3 (63K). It's her fifth top 10 album (counting one with Sonny & Cher)…Elton John’s The Diving Board debuts at #4 (47K). It’s his 18th top 10 album… Jack Johnson's From Here To Now To You drops from #1 to #5 in its second week (37K). The Second Five: Luke Bryan's Crash My Party holds at #6 for the second week its seventh week (36K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Dream Theater’s Dream Theater debuts at #7 (34K). It’s the group’s third top 10 album…Krewella's Get Wet debuts at #8 (27K).

It's the dance music trio's first top 10 album… Metallica's Metallica: Through The Never debuts at #9 (26K). It's the band's ninth top 10 album…Justin Moore’s Off The Beaten Path drops from #2 to #10 in its second week (25K). Seven albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Chris Young's A.M. drops from #3 to #18. MMG: Self Made 3 drops from #4 to #19. Avicii's True drops from #5 to #16. 2 Chainz's B.O.A.T.S. 2# METIME drops from #7 to #15. Keith Urban's Fuse drops from #8 to #14. The Weeknd's Kiss Land drops from #9 to #21. Billy Currington’s We Are Tonight dives from #10 to #51. Alan Jackson’s The Bluegrass Album debuts at #11. The title echoes Barbra Streisand's 1985 smash, The Broadway Album. In both cases, superstar artists were reaching back to their roots.

Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs have previously charted with albums with the word "bluegrass" in their titles. This is Jackson's first studio album to fall short of the top 10 since 2000's When Somebody Loves You, but it's a special project, so let's not make too much of that. Chvrches' The Bones Of What You Believe debuts at #12. This is the debut album by the Scottish synth-pop trio. Sting’s The Last Ship debuts at #13. It's Sting's first studio album to miss the top 10 since Songs From The Labyrinth in 2006. And that was a special case: a classical album of music by composer John Dowland. This is Sting's first full-length album of original material to fall short of the top 10 since The Police's sophomore album Reggatta de Blanc in 1979. Ouch. Sammy Hagar's Sammy Hagar & Friends debuts at #23. It's one of two "& Friends" collections on this week's chart. Alabama & Friends, which debuted at #8 four weeks ago, is #101.

Hagar first charted in May 1974 as a member of Montrose. Imagine Dragons' Night Visions, which holds at #25 for the second week, tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. It's only the seventh album in digital history to sell 1 million digital copies. It's the third debut album to achieve this feat, following Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More (1,656,000) and Lady Gaga's The Fame (1,076,000). Glee Cast's Glee Sings The Beatles debuts at #38. It's the first full-length Glee album devoted to the music of one artist. Two Glee EPs were devoted to the music of one artist: Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna, which hit #1 in April 2010, and Britney 2.0, which hit #43 in September 2012. What was the first "tribute album" to the Beatles to make The Billboard 200? The Hollyridge Strings' The Beatles Song Book, which charted in June 1964.

Two more charted the same week in September 1964: The Chipmunks with David Seville's The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles' Hits and Beatles' producer George Martin's Off The Beatle Track. Nirvana's In Utero re-enters the chart at #46 in the wake of the release of a 20th anniversary edition. It enters Top Catalog Albums at #1, displacing Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Nirvana's music video, Live & Loud, enters Top Music Videos at #1, displacing Madonna's MDNA World Tour. In Utero was Nirvana's third of three studio albums. It was the trio's follow-up to Nevermind. It's never easy to follow such an iconic album, but In Utero did well. It sold 180K copies in its first week, which allowed it to interrupt Garth Brooks' run at #1 with In Pieces. (Sales to date: 4,258,000.) Just six months after the album was released, Kurt Cobain died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. Coming Attractions: Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 will debut at #1 next week with first-week sales in the 350K range. Lorde's debut album, Pure Heroine, will open at #3 with sales around 110K. Tyler Farr's Redneck Crazy will open around #6 (24K); HAIM's Days Are Gone around #8 (20K). Also due: Hillsong Young & Free's We Are Young & Free (12K), Nelly’s M.O. (12K) and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' Unvarnished (10K). Reblog Cher enjoys turning heads - TV3 Xposé Cher enjoys turning heads 8th Oct 13 | Music & Movies × Cher will always use being a "strong sexy woman" to her advantage. Cher loves making people jealous. The 67-year-old singer is showing no signs of slowing down and released her latest album Closer to the Truth in September. She enjoys her youthful looks and attracting some green-eyed glances from others.

"I love showing off my body, because I'm very proud of it," she assured German newspaper Badische Zeitung. "Instead of being embarrassed and hiding away, I've always picked outfits that show it off and prove that I'm a strong, sexy woman. That's what I've got going for me and I'm obviously going to use that. All that aside, it's great to get admiring glances and even some looks of jealousy. I also enjoy irritating people!" Cher admits that growing older is "dreadful" for her. Prior to her latest record, the star hadn't released anything since 2001's Living Proof. "It's been 12 years since I released an album? I thought it was only 11?" she marvelled when asked why she'd decided to release the new record now. "Really? I honestly didn't realise it had been that long. It might sound stupid, but the truth is I had forgotten how long it had been since I'd last made music. To answer the question: My manager was approached and asked if I fancied giving it another go. I would never have come up with the idea by myself.

I just assumed my farewell album would be exactly that." Cher still enjoys hitting the dance floor occasionally. However, she admits it's more difficult now than it used to be. "Wherever you go, someone's trying to take your picture. They're usual terrible photos, which then make it onto Twitter or Facebook. This makes it harder for me to go out," she revealed. © Cover Media Group 2013 Cher on track for first UK top 40 single in 12 years Cher on track for first UK top 40 single in 12 years The singer is on course for her first UK top 40 single since 2001.

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The track currently sits at number 22 on the iTunes chart, and is on course to be her first UK top 40 hit in 12 years. © REX/Tom Dymond/Thames Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 'I Hope You Find It' is taken from Cher's 26th album Closer To The Truth , which is also out this week and currently sits at number six on the download chart. The star's last chart hit was 2001's 'The Music's No Good Without You' from her Living Proof album, which peaked at number eight. Cher will appear on The Graham Norton Show this Friday (October 18), where she will promote her latest collection. Tweeting after the episode was filmed, she said : "GRAHAM WAS IN GREAT FORM ! JEN SAUNDERS TALKED ABOUT LOOSING HER BABY IN HER BED ! Bobby (Robert De Niro) was Bobby & MISH (Michelle Pfeiffer) was stunning & Sweet !" Listen to 'I Hope You Find It' by Cher below:

Question: Which singer released the album 'Closer to the Truth' in 2013, twelve years after her previous album 'Living Proof?
Answer: Cher